By varying the qualities of loudness, pitch, pace, and tone, designers can use audio to motivate and inform students (Calandra, Barron, & Thompson-Sellers, 2008).
The sound quality of the recording are influenced by the equipment used to record and deliver the audio components of e-learning.
Audiobooks- books on tapes, instructional or pleasure, fiction or non-fiction, trade and professional magazines.
CD Rom- A compact disc that can store data, pictures and sounds.
Handheld devices or handheld computer.
Microphones
USB microphones transferrs to your computer digitally and sound clarity. Filters out unwanted background noises.
Analog mircophones uses the sound card in the computer to record. The computer converts to digital which can result in sound degragration.
MP3 players, has digitally compressed audiofiles such as music, books, or voice recording.
Noise Reducing Head Phones -reduces ambient noise by creating antinoise that obviates the noise at your ear. Cnet reviews. (2011).
Podcasting- digital media files which are produced and sent over the internet.
Software for recording and editing sound- record and edit music, voice and other audio recordings. When ediiting files you can cut, copy and paste parts of recordings then add effects like echo, amplification and noise reduction.
Sound Card- an expansion card in the computer that allows the computer to send audio information to an audio device like speakers or a pair of headphones.
Technologies for Audio in E-Learning
By varying the qualities of loudness, pitch, pace, and tone, designers can use audio to motivate and inform students (Calandra, Barron, & Thompson-Sellers, 2008).
The sound quality of the recording are influenced by the equipment used to record and deliver the audio components of e-learning.
Audiobooks- books on tapes, instructional or pleasure, fiction or non-fiction, trade and professional magazines.
CD Rom- A compact disc that can store data, pictures and sounds.
Handheld devices or handheld computer.
Microphones
USB microphones transferrs to your computer digitally and sound clarity. Filters out unwanted background noises.
Analog mircophones uses the sound card in the computer to record. The computer converts to digital which can result in sound degragration.
MP3 players, has digitally compressed audiofiles such as music, books, or voice recording.
Noise Reducing Head Phones -reduces ambient noise by creating antinoise that obviates the noise at your ear. Cnet reviews. (2011).
Podcasting- digital media files which are produced and sent over the internet.
Software for recording and editing sound- record and edit music, voice and other audio recordings. When ediiting files you can cut, copy and paste parts of recordings then add effects like echo, amplification and noise reduction.
Examples of free software include Wavepad or Audacity.
Audacity: http://audacity.sourceforge.net/
Wavepad: http://wavepad.en.softonic.com/?gclid=CJT6se6Oo6sCFec65QodGkfC3A
Sound Card- an expansion card in the computer that allows the computer to send audio information to an audio device like speakers or a pair of headphones.
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